Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-27

kHOM liic nHll Vi lutiu, anu tut nut1DtI
OF wealthy women in New York is past
belief. l know a lady whom nobody
ever heard of outside of her own circle
of acquaintance who has S5,0000U0 of
her own. / known another lady who
has S3000,000; of another, recently dead,
with from $500, 600 to SO, 900, 600. These,
of course not including the well known
wealthy widows-such as the late Mrs.
A. L. Stewart, the Widow Hammersley,
Mrs. May and dozen others. The china
and household ornaments of the Widow
McCrosky were sold at auction this week
There was nothing very striking about
the collection, though it was an expensive
one. Widow McCrosky leaves about six
million dollars, a large part Of which is
invested in the Chemical National bank.
Mrs. McCrosky got IN when the shares
were at par Now share that originally
cost 800 is worth $4,000; so If Mrs. Nc
Crosby had afew hundred shares in this
bank her income would have been Il great
deal larger than one would have thought.
taking the ordinary percentage which
nowadays seems to be five.
know another lady in New York who
has $4,000, 900 of her own, 1000, 900 of
which she Will settle upon her daughter
If her daughter marries to please her. If
the daughter does Motif she takes it into
her head to run off with the coachman-
she will be cut off with shilling; at least
that is what her mother says now. IL is
not generally given out that the mother
is going to make this marriage settlement
on her daughter. Ii it were | think she
would have an embarrassment of suitors.
Two million dollars Is n good deal to set
tie upon q bride-more in fact than is
wise-but | think 1T much better for
wealthy parents TO give their children n
dowry when they marry than to give
them nothing until their death, when the
property is divided The idea of mar
riage settlements, which as general
thing is repugnant to Americans, is not
n bad one 1t makes woman independ-
marry n poor man who might be a much
better husband for her than a richer one.
When young men or young women have
been brought up surrounded by every
luxury at home, and then get married
and are obliged to live as though they
were in straitened circumstances, when
they know at the death of their parents
they want, it makes them, l fear, look
forward to the death of their parents
with feelings akin to resignation. If at
their marriage good round sum of
money were settled upon them, think
the effect would be more satisfactory
thar is found in anticipation.
Speaking of rich women, Mrs. Fred
eTlCh OteNcuS, WnOSe lO Iuc
Marquis de Talleyrand has excited so
much talk in fashionable circles, Is one
of the richest. Her yearly income is
$500, 900, and she gets the greater part of
this from the Chemical National bank,
in which she is one of the largest stock
holders. Her father, l believe, was one
of the founders of the bank. Mrs
Stevens relations with the Marquis de
Talleyrand have been of scandalous
M tt,r for no of Tho -
quis, as we'll as Mrs. Stevens, was mar
ried, and has wife, a Boston woman,
and family of children. He is bril-.
liant man, but is extremely unpleasant
to look at, and is an inveterate gambler.
But Mrs. Stevens became enamored of
him and gave up husband, home and
children and followed him through
Europe. She came back from abroad
few months ago and went to live at New
port, that she might take advantage of
the loose divorce laws of the state of
Rhode Island. There she got divorce
granted her on the plea of non-support.
Her husband made no objection, and
after obtaining divorce she went back
to Paris and married the Marquis de
Talleyrand, who in the meantime had
become divorced from his wife, on what
ground do not know. Perhaps she got
the divorce from him, which she might
easily have done.
Now anything more absurd than this
plea of on-support on the part of Mrs.
Stevens could hardly be imagined Mrs.
Stevens is the daughter of wealthy mer-
chant of New York city by the name of
Sampson, who had more money than So
cial position, and who was possessed with
an ambition to get into society, or at
least to get his daughter in. Frederick
Stevens was a young lawyer OF limited
practice but high social position, and in
him Mr.. Sampson saw his opportunity.
The match was one of convenience, but
1t was love match as well. MIR. Stevens
was anxious to 90 on with his business,
but father in-law Sampson would not
listen to it. He made him retire from the
practice of the law, and told him he
would find all the business he wanted
taking care of his wife's estate. Mr..
| Stevens hesitated at first. but the offer
was tempting one, and he finally. ac-
| cepted IL as q matter of course, and he
did look closely after his wife's affairs,
couple as couples go; and they were,
believe, until the Marquis De Talleyrand
| appeared upon the scene. Mrs. Stevens
| no sooner rested her eyes upon his ugly
| little face than she lost her head, and for
got not only common decency, but all the
instincts of wife and mother.
Gossip For the Ladies'.
The younges t. type setter of whom
there is any record is the 9-year-old
daughter of New York newspaper man.
She does the work we'll
Mrs. p. ID, Armour, of Chicago, is q
practical philanthropist. One of her
| good works is the maintainance of mis-
sion school, which costs her $4,000 a
| year.
It is sad commentary on the astute.
ness of the authors of "One Hundred
Distinguished Americans" just pub
lished, that only four women are men
toned These are Charlotte Cushman,
Lucretla Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Michigan is proud of Miss Alice r.
Jordan. the young woman who took the
degree of LII. B. at Yale last June.
She is but 23 years old, is the first and
only woman ever graduated from Yale,
was two years ago admitted to practice
law in the circuit courts, and has now
been admitted to practice in the superior
| court.
Professor Maria Mitchell of Vassar col
| lege, declares that society has never
| given women a chance to show their in
tellectual fitness for responsible posi-
tions, A thoughtful glance. over the
world. however, suggests that the bars
are down now at least, however tormd-